Legends of the Old Westll

Famous Cowboys, Lawmen, Outlaws and Pioneers,

with images and information

(Also see Famous Cowboy Characters, and Famous Cowboys Actors

("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)

All Cattlemen Entertainers Gunfighters Killers Lawmen Outlaws Pioneers Saloon/Gambler Women

Gunfighters of the Old West sorted by Popular Name

Bat Masterson
Birth Name: William Barclay Masterson
• Gunfighter, gambler, Wyatt Earp's deputy, newspaper columnist
Born: 1853, November 27 → Died: 1921, October 25
Age: 67^y 10^m 28^d → Cause of death: heart attack

Ben Thompson
Birth Name: Ben Thompson
• Gunman, gambler, lawman, saloon operator, friend of Bat Masterson.
Born: 1843, November 2 → Died: 1884, March 11
Age: 40^y 4^m 9^d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight

Big Jim Courtright
Birth Name: Timothy Isaiah Courtright (Tim Isaiah)
• Lawman, gunfighter,
Born: 1848, ? ? → Died: 1887, February 8
Age: 39^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight

Bill Tilghman
Birth Name: William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman, Jr.
• Deputy sheriff, gunfighter, saloon owner
Born: 1854, July 4 → Died: 1924, November 1
Age: 70^y 3^m 28^d → Cause of death: shot by a corrupt prohibition agent

Billy the Kid
Birth Name: William Henry McCarty (Aka: Henry Antrim, William H. Bonney)
• Outlaw, gunfighter, member of the Regulators gang
Born: 1859, November 23 → Died: 1881, July 14
Age: 21^y 7^m 21^d → Cause of death: shot by Pat Garrett

Chris Madsen
Birth Name: Christian "Chris" Madsen
• Danish born gunfighter; U.S. Deputy Marshal in Oklahoma; member of the Three Guardsmen crime fighers
Born: 1851, December 25 → Died: 1944, January 9
Age: 92^y 2^m 15^d → Cause of death: old age

Clay Allison
Birth Name: Robert Clay Allison
• Ruthless killer, gunfighter
Born: 1841, September 2 → Died: 1887, July 3
Age: 46^y 10^m 1^d → Cause of death: accident, broken neck

Curly Bill Brocius
Birth Name: William "Curly Bill" Brocius
• Gunman, rustler and outlaw cowboy
Born: 1845, ? ? → Died: 1882, March 24
Age: 37^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot by Wyatt Earp

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Dallas Stoudenmire
Birth Name: Dallas Stoudenmire
• Gunfighter and marshal; involved in a famous gunfight dubbed the "Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight"
Born: 1845, December 11 → Died: 1882, September 18
Age: 36^y 9^m 7^d → Cause of death: shot in a gun fight

Doc Holliday
Birth Name: John Henry Holliday
• Dentist, gambler, and gunfighter; at the O.K. Corral gunfight
Born: 1851, August 14 → Died: 1887, November 8
Age: 36^y 2^m 25^d → Cause of death: tuberculosis

Doc Scurlock
Birth Name: Josiah Gordon Scurlock
• Cowboy and gunfighter; was in several posses to pursue and arrest horse thieves
Born: 1849, January 11 → Died: 1929, July 25
Age: 80^y 9^m 25^d → Cause of death: heart attack

Elfego Baca
Birth Name: Elfego Baca
• Lawman, gunman, lawyer, and politician; "Frisco Shootout" incident where Elfego faced 80 men firing 4,000 shots at the home where he was cornered
Born: 1865, February 10 → Died: 1945, August 27
Age: 80^y 6^m 17^d → Cause of death: old age

Frank Canton
Birth Name: Josiah Horner
• Lawman, gunslinger, cowboy and at one point in his life, an outlaw
Born: 1849, September 15 → Died: 1927, September 27
Age: 78^y 0^m 12^d → Cause of death: old age

Jim Levy
Birth Name: James H. Levy
• One of the most notorious gunmen in the Old West known for challenging other gunmen to a duel.
Born: 1842, ? ? → Died: 1882, June 5
Age: 40^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in an ambush

John Jackson "Jack" Helm
Birth Name: John Jackson Helm
• Lawman, cowboy, gunfighter, and inventor in the American Old West
Born: 1839, ? ? → Died: 1873, May 17
Age: 34^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in an ambushed

John Wesley Hardin
Birth Name: John Wesley Hardin
• Gunfighter, killer; claimed to have killed 44 men
Born: 1853, May 26 → Died: 1895, August 19
Age: 42^y 2^m 24^d → Cause of death: shot by lawman John Selman

Kid Curry
Birth Name: Harvey Logan
• Outlaw, gunman, "wildest of the Wild Bunch"
Born: 1867, ? ? → Died: 1904, June 17
Age: 37^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: suicide during a gun battle

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King Fisher
Birth Name: John King Fisher
• Gunfighter, gang leader, rancher
Born: 1854, ? ? → Died: 1884, March 11
Age: 30^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot as he leapt from a theater balcony

Luke Short
Birth Name: Luke L. Short
• Noted gunfighter, who had worked as a farmer, cowboy, whiskey peddler, army scout, dispatch rider, gambler and saloon keeper
Born: 1854, January 22 → Died: 1893, September 8
Age: 39^y 7^m 17^d → Cause of death: heart failure

Perry Owens
Birth Name: Commodore Perry Owens
• Arizona lawman and gunfighter
Born: 1852, July 29 → Died: 1919, May 10
Age: 66^y 9^m 11^d → Cause of death: Bright's disease

Texas Jack Vermillion
Birth Name: John Wilson Vermillion
• Gunfighter, soldier, lawman, outlaw, Methodist preacher; participated in the Earp vendetta ride
Born: 1842, ? ? → Died: 1911, ? ?
Age: 69^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: heart attack in his sleep

Tom Horn
Birth Name: Tom Horn (Aka: James Hicks)
• Lawman, scout, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw and assassin
Born: 1860, November 21 → Died: 1903, November 20
Age: 42^y 11^m 30^d → Cause of death: hanged

Wild Bill Hickok
Birth Name: James Butler Hickok
• Marksman, professional gambler, gunfighter, scout, lawman
Born: 1837, May 27 → Died: 1876, August 2
Age: 39^y 2^m 6^d → Cause of death: shot in the back of the head

William Longley
Birth Name: William Preston Longley
• Outlaw, ruthless and ill-tempered gunfighter; killed at least 32 people
Born: 1851, October 6 → Died: 1878, October 11
Age: 27^y 4^m 5^d → Cause of death: hanged

Wyatt Earp
Birth Name: Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
• Lawman, gambler; in gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona
Born: 1848, March 19 → Died: 1929, January 13
Age: 80^y 9^m 25^d → Cause of death: old age

Footnotes

Note 1: Dalton brothers gang included George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers.

Note 2: The Younger gang included Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette,and Bill Chadwell.

— Not included are eastern pioneers, such as Daniel Boone, because they belong to, shall we say, the Old East.

The contents of this page are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).
("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)

First popular name on each page
1.	Bat Masterson (Masterson)
2.	Dallas Stoudenmire (Stoudenmire)
3.	King Fisher (Fisher)
Go to last row

Sorted by popular name for Gunfighters
1.	Bat Masterson (Masterson)
2.	Ben Thompson (Thompson)
3.	Big Jim Courtright (Courtright)
4.	Bill Tilghman (Tilghman, Jr.)
5.	Billy the Kid (McCarty)
6.	Chris Madsen (Madsen)
7.	Clay Allison (Allison)
8.	Curly Bill Brocius (Brocius)
9.	Dallas Stoudenmire (Stoudenmire)
10.	Doc Holliday (Holliday)
11.	Doc Scurlock (Scurlock)
12.	Elfego Baca (Baca)
13.	Frank Canton (Horner)
14.	Jim Levy (Levy)
15.	John Jackson "Jack" Helm (Helm)
16.	John Wesley Hardin (Hardin)
17.	Kid Curry (Logan)
18.	King Fisher (Fisher)
19.	Luke Short (Short)
20.	Perry Owens (Owens)
21.	Texas Jack Vermillion (Vermillion)
22.	Tom Horn (Horn)
23.	Wild Bill Hickok (Hickok)
24.	William Longley (Longley)
25.	Wyatt Earp (Earp)

Legends of the Old Westll Famous Cowboys, Lawmen, Outlaws and Pioneers, with images and information (Also see Famous Cowboy Characters, and Famous Cowboys Actors ("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)
All Cattlemen Entertainers Gunfighters Killers Lawmen Outlaws Pioneers Saloon/Gambler Women Popular name Birth Name Born date Died date Age Cause of death
Gunfighters of the Old West sorted by Popular Name
	Bat Masterson Birth Name: William Barclay Masterson • Gunfighter, gambler, Wyatt Earp's deputy, newspaper columnist Born: 1853, November 27 → Died: 1921, October 25 Age: 67^y 10^m 28^d → Cause of death: heart attack
	Ben Thompson Birth Name: Ben Thompson • Gunman, gambler, lawman, saloon operator, friend of Bat Masterson. Born: 1843, November 2 → Died: 1884, March 11 Age: 40^y 4^m 9^d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight
	Big Jim Courtright Birth Name: Timothy Isaiah Courtright (Tim Isaiah) • Lawman, gunfighter, Born: 1848, ? ? → Died: 1887, February 8 Age: 39^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in a gunfight
	Bill Tilghman Birth Name: William Matthew "Bill" Tilghman, Jr. • Deputy sheriff, gunfighter, saloon owner Born: 1854, July 4 → Died: 1924, November 1 Age: 70^y 3^m 28^d → Cause of death: shot by a corrupt prohibition agent
	Billy the Kid Birth Name: William Henry McCarty (Aka: Henry Antrim, William H. Bonney) • Outlaw, gunfighter, member of the Regulators gang Born: 1859, November 23 → Died: 1881, July 14 Age: 21^y 7^m 21^d → Cause of death: shot by Pat Garrett
	Chris Madsen Birth Name: Christian "Chris" Madsen • Danish born gunfighter; U.S. Deputy Marshal in Oklahoma; member of the Three Guardsmen crime fighers Born: 1851, December 25 → Died: 1944, January 9 Age: 92^y 2^m 15^d → Cause of death: old age
	Clay Allison Birth Name: Robert Clay Allison • Ruthless killer, gunfighter Born: 1841, September 2 → Died: 1887, July 3 Age: 46^y 10^m 1^d → Cause of death: accident, broken neck
	Curly Bill Brocius Birth Name: William "Curly Bill" Brocius • Gunman, rustler and outlaw cowboy Born: 1845, ? ? → Died: 1882, March 24 Age: 37^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot by Wyatt Earp


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	Dallas Stoudenmire Birth Name: Dallas Stoudenmire • Gunfighter and marshal; involved in a famous gunfight dubbed the "Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight" Born: 1845, December 11 → Died: 1882, September 18 Age: 36^y 9^m 7^d → Cause of death: shot in a gun fight
	Doc Holliday Birth Name: John Henry Holliday • Dentist, gambler, and gunfighter; at the O.K. Corral gunfight Born: 1851, August 14 → Died: 1887, November 8 Age: 36^y 2^m 25^d → Cause of death: tuberculosis
	Doc Scurlock Birth Name: Josiah Gordon Scurlock • Cowboy and gunfighter; was in several posses to pursue and arrest horse thieves Born: 1849, January 11 → Died: 1929, July 25 Age: 80^y 9^m 25^d → Cause of death: heart attack
	Elfego Baca Birth Name: Elfego Baca • Lawman, gunman, lawyer, and politician; "Frisco Shootout" incident where Elfego faced 80 men firing 4,000 shots at the home where he was cornered Born: 1865, February 10 → Died: 1945, August 27 Age: 80^y 6^m 17^d → Cause of death: old age
	Frank Canton Birth Name: Josiah Horner • Lawman, gunslinger, cowboy and at one point in his life, an outlaw Born: 1849, September 15 → Died: 1927, September 27 Age: 78^y 0^m 12^d → Cause of death: old age
	Jim Levy Birth Name: James H. Levy • One of the most notorious gunmen in the Old West known for challenging other gunmen to a duel. Born: 1842, ? ? → Died: 1882, June 5 Age: 40^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in an ambush
	John Jackson "Jack" Helm Birth Name: John Jackson Helm • Lawman, cowboy, gunfighter, and inventor in the American Old West Born: 1839, ? ? → Died: 1873, May 17 Age: 34^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot in an ambushed
	John Wesley Hardin Birth Name: John Wesley Hardin • Gunfighter, killer; claimed to have killed 44 men Born: 1853, May 26 → Died: 1895, August 19 Age: 42^y 2^m 24^d → Cause of death: shot by lawman John Selman
	Kid Curry Birth Name: Harvey Logan • Outlaw, gunman, "wildest of the Wild Bunch" Born: 1867, ? ? → Died: 1904, June 17 Age: 37^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: suicide during a gun battle

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	King Fisher Birth Name: John King Fisher • Gunfighter, gang leader, rancher Born: 1854, ? ? → Died: 1884, March 11 Age: 30^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: shot as he leapt from a theater balcony
	Luke Short Birth Name: Luke L. Short • Noted gunfighter, who had worked as a farmer, cowboy, whiskey peddler, army scout, dispatch rider, gambler and saloon keeper Born: 1854, January 22 → Died: 1893, September 8 Age: 39^y 7^m 17^d → Cause of death: heart failure
	Perry Owens Birth Name: Commodore Perry Owens • Arizona lawman and gunfighter Born: 1852, July 29 → Died: 1919, May 10 Age: 66^y 9^m 11^d → Cause of death: Bright's disease
	Texas Jack Vermillion Birth Name: John Wilson Vermillion • Gunfighter, soldier, lawman, outlaw, Methodist preacher; participated in the Earp vendetta ride Born: 1842, ? ? → Died: 1911, ? ? Age: 69^y ?^m ?^d → Cause of death: heart attack in his sleep
	Tom Horn Birth Name: Tom Horn (Aka: James Hicks) • Lawman, scout, soldier, hired gunman, detective, outlaw and assassin Born: 1860, November 21 → Died: 1903, November 20 Age: 42^y 11^m 30^d → Cause of death: hanged
	Wild Bill Hickok Birth Name: James Butler Hickok • Marksman, professional gambler, gunfighter, scout, lawman Born: 1837, May 27 → Died: 1876, August 2 Age: 39^y 2^m 6^d → Cause of death: shot in the back of the head
	William Longley Birth Name: William Preston Longley • Outlaw, ruthless and ill-tempered gunfighter; killed at least 32 people Born: 1851, October 6 → Died: 1878, October 11 Age: 27^y 4^m 5^d → Cause of death: hanged
	Wyatt Earp Birth Name: Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp • Lawman, gambler; in gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Tombstone, Arizona Born: 1848, March 19 → Died: 1929, January 13 Age: 80^y 9^m 25^d → Cause of death: old age
Footnotes Note 1: Dalton brothers gang included George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers. Note 2: The Younger gang included Clell Miller, Arthur McCoy, Charlie Pitts, John Jarrette,and Bill Chadwell. — Not included are eastern pioneers, such as Daniel Boone, because they belong to, shall we say, the Old East.

The contents of this page are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). ("Cowboy" is not sex specific, just like highboy, busboy, bellboy, paperboy, etc.)